BRONX, N.Y. – Opening the 2024 Postseason with a back-and-forth battle against UMass early in the day, Fordham Softball would fall 8-4, before taking on Saint Joseph's in an elimination game to end the day, with the Rams falling to Saint Joseph's 4-1.
Fordham softball closes the regular season with the third most doubles as a team in program history with 91 as a team, a powerhouse with the bats all season long. The Rams also saw four players earn First Team All-Conference honorees by the Atlantic 10 earlier this week.
UMass would get on the board first with a two-run shot in the top of the third, but the Rams would add one back in the bottom of the frame to cut the lead back to one after three innings of play. The run scoring would continue in the fourth as the Minutewomen tallied three more on one swing of the bat to make it 5-1.
Continuing to battle, Fordham would answer two of those runs on an Eva Koratsis single in the bottom of the fourth to make it 5-3. Striking for two more homers in the fifth, UMass would push a five-run lead through four and a half, with the Rams adding a single run back in the inning on another sacrifice fly, but that would be the final run for either side, as the Minutewomen took an 8-4 win.
That would put the Rams in an elimination game to close the opening day of action, taking on No. 6 Saint Joseph's who were bested 7-1 by No. 3 Loyola Chicago in the middle game of the afternoon. The Hawks would tally three runs in the top of the second inning, with the Rams adding back a single run on a Koratsis solo home run in the bottom of the frame. St. Joe's would add one final run in the sixth to close a 4-1 and move on to the finale of day two action tomorrow at 5:00 p.m.
